America Cuba Food shortages are gripping the country, with milk and bread becoming scarce due to a deepening currency crisis; the government has turned to the World Food Programme for assistance, in an unprecedented move
America Cuba The government plans to reschedule an unpopular five-fold increase in retail petrol prices for 1 March, a month later than originally planned, after officials said its systems suffered a cyber-attack
America Cuba The country is struggling to ensure sufficient milk for children, a minister said, in the latest shortage that puts a strain on a decades-old subsidy system created by Fidel Castro
America Cuba Over two thousand personalities and experts from 40 countries will discuss topics related to higher education at the Havana Palace of Congresses from 5 to 9 February as part of the 14th International Higher Education Congress 2024
America Cuba A total of 185.000 Russian tourists visited Cuba last year and the country expects a 35% increase in the flow of tourists in 2024, said Cuba's ambassador to Russia Julio Antonio Garmendia Pena
America Cuba A 500% increase in the price of fuel, from 25 pesos (US$ 0,20) to 132 pesos, has been announced by the Cuban government as it struggles with shortages and the deepening economic crisis
America Cuba Due to interruption of work in first days of 2024, adjustments have been made to the editing, printing and circulation of national newspapers; on 1 January only the weekly Trabajadores will circulate, on 2 January Granma and on 3 January Juventud Rebelde
America Cuba Two modern electric centre-pivot machines, used to irrigate 28 hectares of land planted with fruit, vegetables, cereals and short-cycle crops, were installed at the Arroyo Hondo production centre, located in the valley of Guantánamo
America Cuba As the local peso continues to fall against the US currency, Cuban petrol, already among the cheapest in the world, becomes cheaper every day for those with access to dollars
America Cuba The first branch of the Cuban Association of People with Intellectual Disabilities, based in central province of Sancti Spiritus, has been established in the presence of the authorities of the Communist Party of Cuba and the government of the territory
America Cuba Youth Island forest covers over 63% of its area; the 184.000 hectares of forest are the result of prolonged conservation, reforestation, comprehensive management and protection work by various local authorities
America Cuba More than 120 Presbyterian churches in the United States have signed a letter to President Joe Biden, asking him to remove Cuba from the arbitrary list of State Sponsors of Terrorism
America Cuba Last September, Cuba's state-owned and private companies recorded a new record low in terms of chicken meat purchased from the United States, which fell by more than 60% in September, marking the most significant drop this year